Trump Admin to End Temporary Protected Status for Salvadoran Immigrants

200,000 face possible deportation, end of 17 years of protection

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not renew immigration protections for some 200,000 Salvadoran nationals in the United States, the administration announced Monday, bringing to an end more than 17 years of protected status.

Senior administration officials said that Salvadorans resident in the United States under previously extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will have until September 9, 2019 to seek alternative status or make plans to return to El Salvador.